Comments on: Grateful Heart http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/2007/12/27/grateful-heart/ Living With Alzheimer's Disease Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/2007/12/27/grateful-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Mary Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:15:00 +0000 http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/?p=258#comment-750 That's uplifting and you should be proud of your stamina and willingness to bend and go with the flow. Jean, you do it so well... Your extra good years are no doubt because of the connection between the two you - it's so good. Give yourself a pat on the back. That’s uplifting and you should be proud of your stamina and willingness to bend and go with the flow. Jean, you do it so well… Your extra good years are no doubt because of the connection between the two you – it’s so good. Give yourself a pat on the back.

]]> By: annie http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/2007/12/27/grateful-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-744 annie Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/?p=258#comment-744 That is such a good lesson for all of us. So many times, we worry and waste time, when we get a stark realization--today is a good day. Thanks for the reminder. love you, annie That is such a good lesson for all of us. So many times, we worry and waste time, when we get a stark realization–today is a good day. Thanks for the reminder. love you, annie

]]> By: JeanMac http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/2007/12/27/grateful-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-743 JeanMac Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/?p=258#comment-743 Always a lovely surprise when it's more + Always a lovely surprise when it’s more +

]]> By: Femail doc http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/2007/12/27/grateful-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Femail doc Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/?p=258#comment-742 The worst advice I ever gave any patient was telling her to quit her job in order to deal with chemotherapy. She did not (quit that is) and thrived through the experience.<br/><br/>All the rest of the worst advice came in the form of estimates. I've given up estimating. I often will tell patients some of the good things that others have experienced, or always some of the things to watch out for, but predicting the course of illness adds distress to an otherwise stressful time. And Alzheimer's is predictable only in its downhill course, not in the steepness of the slope.<br/><br/>I'm so glad your doc was wrong! The worst advice I ever gave any patient was telling her to quit her job in order to deal with chemotherapy. She did not (quit that is) and thrived through the experience.

All the rest of the worst advice came in the form of estimates. I’ve given up estimating. I often will tell patients some of the good things that others have experienced, or always some of the things to watch out for, but predicting the course of illness adds distress to an otherwise stressful time. And Alzheimer’s is predictable only in its downhill course, not in the steepness of the slope.

I’m so glad your doc was wrong!

]]> By: kenju http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/2007/12/27/grateful-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-741 kenju Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:52:00 +0000 http://www.amountaintoohigh.com/?p=258#comment-741 Sometimes I think that docs give a conservative estimate so you'll be grateful to discover they were wrong! Sometimes I think that docs give a conservative estimate so you’ll be grateful to discover they were wrong!

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